Indonesia Deports 92 Chinese Nationals in Anti-Scam Crackdown

Indonesia deports 92 Chinese nationals, issues lifetime entry bans in anti-scam crackdown

Indonesia has deported 92 Chinese suspected scammers and barred them from the country for life in one of the biggest mass exercises in recent years. The Chinese nationals had been arrested in May in connection with an alleged online gaming and investment fraud syndicate operating from a flat complex in the holiday island of Batam, the Jakarta Globe reported. Others arrested came from Vietnam and Myanmar. Galih Kartika Perdhana, head of the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport’s immigration...

By SCMP’s Asia desk